2010 Awards Season
At this years Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards, Keen Eye’s Head DOP Kelly Wolfert was nominated for 2 awards for his work with Good Morning America on the travel Series “Weekend Window” and for his work with Tourism British Columbia on the Summer 2009 Promo. That same tourism video won for Best Cinematography at the 2010 Rosie Awards in May. Keen Eye had 5 nominations for Best Cinematography in the early 2010 awards season as well as seeing projects that we worked on getting a remarkable 12 nominations. Keen Eye would like to thank all the producers we partnered with on another successful year of projects.
Disney Actor in Town for Interview
While on a press tour, Fletcher Knight hung out with Family Channel host Lindsay Hamilton and talked about the “Starstruck Autograph Session”. Producer Adrienne Macdonald called Keen Eye to shoot the segment on the sunny patio of the lovely Edmonton landmark, The Fairmont Hotel MacDonald. Sterling Knight was in Edmonton to talk about his role in the Disney Channel Original Movie "Starstruck" and the second season of his hit Disney Channel/Family Channel series "Sonny With A Chance".
Demos finally on Vimeo
With the communication world the way it is now, Keen Eye has finally found some time to join the rest of you. Now ... we are not going to go all in and get a blog site and a Twitter account but here is a link to get things started.
http://www.vimeo.com/keeneyecameras
"You Gotta Be Here!" Campaign
The "You Gotta Be Here" Tourism British Columbia campaign is in full swing and showcases some of Keen Eye DP Kelly Wolfert's stunning work. A collaboration of various footage, Keen Eye's client, Barbershop Films, great work is seen throughout. View it on the website at:
http://www.hellobc.com/en-CA/default.htm#headerSlide_1
or on youtube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcJ7KTkeLUA
Keen Eye Has Its Place at the Olympics
Director of Photography Kelly Wolfert will be working for Tourism Vancouver to document the events unfolding over several days. Kelly will have a full camera package available for rent or with Cinematography services as well if needed for hire during Feb 12th-28th. Just email us and we will set you up to capture the greatest Winter sporting event in the World and it's terrific periphery celebrations.
Olympic Fever Hits Vegreville ... BIG!
Hundreds of people braved the cold temperatures and Prairie Winter fog to catch a glimpse of the Olympic Torch making its way about town.
A full crew from Keen Eye included Main and Second Unit Cinematography with Sound and PA as well. Captured totally on Panasonic P2, Keen Eye will deliver it for use in promoting this much underestimated travel region.
Political Reflections
Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach sat down with a full Keen Eye
crew for a casual 1 hr. chat about the current state of the Alberta
Government. CPAC's show "Political Reflections" talked with all the
Premiers for its shows that ran in Dec 09/Jan 10.
Keen Eye Involved in 5 TV Episodes this Fall
Fall will see the airing of 5 television episodes that Kelly Wolfert DP’ed for Anaid Productions, X-Weighted, a family based health, fitness and weight loss series in its 5th season on the Slice network. Keen Eye’s Dave Bajer donned his wetsuit and scuba gear to capture underwater footage as stories of triumph and failure were chronicled in this Gemini Award winning one hour lifestyle series.
Undercover for 20/20
When ABC’s 20/20 asked for some “undercover and sneaky” style shooting, Dave Bajer was sent out to do just that. An expose on a local Edmonton advertising scam was at the focus of the 20/20 team's efforts for a segment in their early November broadcast.
Shooting Hockey for FOX Sports
Keen Eye’s Dave Bajer, Dean Hooke and Kelly Wolfert took a break from the commercial, corporate and broadcast world to assist FOX Sports in their coverage of the Detroit Red Wings and Columbus Blue Jackets on there Western Canadian swing. Shooting in all three western Canadian cities, the Keen Eye gang helped provide EFP material for the pre-game thru post-game broadcasts.
